| General Motors pulls racist ad that says China is land of ching-chong chop suey report |
May 1st, 2013 |
GENERAL Motors is pulling an ad which refers to China as the land where people say "ching-ching, chop suey", saying it contains "offensive content". The television advert for the Chevrolet Trax four-wheel drive, one of GM's latest car models, had been running in Canada since early April and was also posted onto Chevrolet's European website, the South China Morning Post ...
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| Chrysler Group sales up 11 |
May 1st, 2013 |
Jeep sales were held back by the model changeover to this refreshed 2014 Jeep Grand Cherokee and to the gap between the out-of-production Jeep Liberty and its Cherokee replacement due this ...
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| Lincoln ships 11K MKZs anticipates big sales gains |
May 1st, 2013 |
Ford Motor Co.'s Lincoln luxury brand has shipped 11,000 new MKZs to dealers since the midsize sedan began rolling out at the end of December, and Lincoln anticipates selling more than 4,000 of them in April when it releases sales figures Wednesday.In a conference call with reporters on Tuesday afternoon, Jim Farley, Ford's executive vice president of global marketing, sales, service ...
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| Briefs SP upgrades outlook for Chrysler to positive |
May 1st, 2013 |
Standard & Poor's Ratings Services has affirmed its ratings, including the "B+" corporate credit rating, on Chrysler Group LLC. At the same time, the ratings house revised its outlook for Chrysler to "positive" from "stable.""The outlook revision reflects our expectation that Chrysler will continue to grow revenue and improve profitability, in spite of ...
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| Feds got tougher on loans after Fisker problems records show |
May 1st, 2013 |
Washington - Problems with the Energy Department's $529 million loan to troubled startup automaker Fisker Automotive Inc. prompted the Obama administration to tighten its loan criteria, documents released by a House committee show.New documents show that the Energy Department spent years seriously considering awarding loans to numerous green energy companies including Bright Automotive, ...
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| NHTSA steps up probe of Crown Vic |
May 1st, 2013 |
Washington - The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration is upgrading an investigation into steering assembly failures on 195,000 Ford Crown Victoria police cars, the workhorse of law enforcement.NHTSA said it is upgrading an investigation it started in September to what is called an engineering analysis for the 2005-08 Ford Crown Vic Police Interceptors, after six complaints and 15 ...
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| Toyota boss to take wheel at Nurburgring |
May 1st, 2013 |
TOKYO (AFP) - The motor-sport loving president of Japanese auto giant Toyota, will get behind the wheel in the Nurburgring 24-hour endurance race in Germany later this month, a company spokesman said Wednesday.Akio Toyoda, the grandson of the group's founder, will be one of a team of four driving a Toyota car at the Nurburgring Circuit in the village of Nurburg, south of Cologne, on May 19 ...
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| Texas Chiropractic Clinic Owner Convicted of $3M Auto Insurance Fraud |
May 1st, 2013 |
The owner of a now defunct chiropractic clinic in Bryan has pleaded guilty to engaging in a conspiracy to defraud various automobile insurance companies of more than $3 million, U.S. Attorney Kenneth Magidson said. Marion Young, 42, co-owner of Private Chiropractic Care, admitted he participated in a two-year conspiracy to defraud numerous auto insurance companies by recruiting alleged auto ...
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| Japanese firm to build auto parts plant in Mexico |
May 1st, 2013 |
Furukawa Electric plans to break ground next month on a new auto parts plant in Mexico to supply Japanese automakers operating in that country, the Japanese media reported. Furukawa, which supplies products to the automotive, construction, electronics, energy, materials and telecom industries, expects the $12.2 million plant to be finished in January 2014, the Nikkei business daily said. The ...
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| Suzuki joins capped-price servicing fraternity |
May 1st, 2013 |
has announced a five-year capped-price servicing program for all new vehicles sold from today. The program’s introduction brings the Japanese manufacturer into line with several other carmakers by guaranteeing a fixed price for all services performed on new vehicles at ...
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